1 Rickman Hill, Coulsdon CR5 3DS: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A semi-detached house of 189 m² built 1930-1949, rated EPC D. It last sold for £375,000 in Aug 2012. The Resi IQ estimate today is £786,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Last sold for £375,000 in 2012; our estimate today is £786,000, up 110% (5.4% a year), behind the 12.8% a year typical on Rickman Hill.
- What we found
- Last sold £375,000 in Aug 2012, up 387% since 1996 (10.4% a year).
- Estimate today £786,000.
- 189 m² against a street median of 127 m²; estimated £4,159/m².
- EPC D; 0% of homes on the street are C or better.
- 230 m to Woodmansterne station (about 4 min walk).
1 Rickman Hill, Coulsdon CR5 3DS: a semi-detached built 1930-1949
1 Rickman Hill is a semi-detached house in Coulsdon, London Borough of Croydon, built 1930-1949. It has an internal floor area of 189 m² and 4 habitable rooms according to its energy certificate, larger than the typical 127 m² home on Rickman Hill. The postcode is CR5 3DS, in Coulsdon Town ward and the Croydon South constituency.
The sales record goes back to 1996, when the home changed hands for £77,000. It sold again in 2001 for £177,500 and in 2006 for £340,000 and in 2012 for £375,000, a rise of 387% overall, or 10.4% a year. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £786,000 implies a 110% change since the last sale. Treat it as a figure to test against comparable sales rather than a price.
The energy certificate rates the home EPC band D and was lodged 2 May 2012. Across Rickman Hill, 0% of rated homes reach band C or better. Woodmansterne station is 230 m from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Blackfriars is 49 minutes.
1 Rickman Hill value: estimated at £786,000
This home against every recorded sale on Rickman Hill.
Sale history
| 17 Aug 2012 | Semi-detached house | £375,000 |
| 1 Feb 2006 | Semi-detached house | £340,000 |
| 2 Mar 2001 | Semi-detached house | £177,500 |
| 6 Sept 1996 | Semi-detached house | £77,000 |
Estimate range
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£629,000 to £943,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
Where 1 Rickman Hill sits on the street
Every home on the street, with this one outlined.
Running costs, EPC upgrades and solar for 1 Rickman Hill
What it would take to reach EPC C, and what solar could do for this roof.
Typical routes to EPC C
This home is rated EPC D. These are the measures that usually close the gap for a typical home.
| Improvement | Typical cost | Saves a year |
|---|---|---|
| Loft insulation to 270 mm | £900–£1,500 | £110–£170 |
| Cavity wall insulation | £1,500–£3,500 | £190–£300 |
| Low-energy lighting throughout | £100–£250 | £30–£60 |
| Air-source heat pump | £7,000–£13,000 | £0–£250 |
| Solar panels (4 kWp) | £5,000–£7,000 | £300–£600 |
Indicative UK ranges from Energy Saving Trust guidance; get quotes before you commit. The certificate for this address lists its own recommended measures on the government EPC register.
Residential rates in England from April 2025. Check gov.uk before relying on this.
Repayment mortgage, illustrative. The rate is an example; check a lender’s current rate before relying on it.
1010 kWh per kWp a year from PVGIS at this location (35° pitch, south-facing, 14% losses). Costs and prices are typical assumptions you can edit.
The building at 1 Rickman Hill: size, age and energy rating
- Type
- Semi-detached house
- Age band
- 1930-1949
- Floor area
- 189 m² (street median 127 m²)
- Habitable rooms
- 4
- EPC rating
- D
- Tenure when surveyed
- owner-occupied
- UPRN
- 100020576517
Who lives near 1 Rickman Hill: 84% of homes are owner-occupied and 54% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 043E: 2,908 residents in 992 households around 1 Rickman Hill. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1525%
- 15 to 249%
- 25 to 4436%
- 45 to 6420%
- 65 and over10%
Household type
- One person13%
- Couple, no children18%
- Family with children49%
- Other21%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright24%
- Mortgage or shared62%
- Private rented7%
- Social rented8%
Cars and vans per household
- No car8%
- 1 car50%
- 2 cars31%
- 3 or more11%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (1,545 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good90%
- Fair7%
- Bad or very bad3%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above53%
- A level or equivalent16%
- GCSE level18%
- None8%
Schools near 1 Rickman Hill: 8 within 1.8 km, 6 primary, with their latest Ofsted grades
Distances from the Department for Education register, with the latest Ofsted outcome for each school.
| School | Phase | Latest Ofsted | Distance | Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School Academy converter · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2024 | 370 m 6 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Smitham Primary School Community school · ages 3-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Jun 2023 | 520 m 9 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Chipstead Valley Primary School Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Outstanding Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 650 m 11 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Serenity School Other independent special school · ages 11-19 | Special | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 1.5 km 24 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodcote Primary School Academy converter · ages 3-11 | Primary | No overall grade Quality of education: Good (Jul 2025) | 1.6 km 25 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodcote High School Academy converter · ages 11-19 | Secondary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Mar 2024 | 1.6 km 26 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Oasis Academy Byron Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Sept 2023 | 1.7 km 27 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodmansterne Primary School Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2023 | 1.7 km 28 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
Ofsted replaced its single-word judgements with report cards for inspections from November 2025, so each school shows its most recent grade on the older scale until it is re-inspected. Distances are straight-line and are not catchment areas; check the council for admissions rules.
Commuting from 1 Rickman Hill: 49 minutes to Blackfriars by train
Fastest door-to-door journey arriving by 08:30 on a weekday, from the TfL journey planner, including the walk to the station.
1 Rickman Hill to central London
| Blackfriars | 49 min | walk 22 min → train 27 min |
| Victoria | 52 min | walk 22 min → train 30 min |
Stations near 1 Rickman Hill
| Woodmansterne | 230 m | about 4 min walk |
| Coulsdon South | 940 m | about 15 min walk |
| Coulsdon Town | 1230 m | about 20 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near 1 Rickman Hill
15 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 166 434 463 633. Nearest stop: Westleigh Avenue, 92 m away.
Shops, doctors and services near 1 Rickman Hill: supermarket, GP, pharmacy, library, and 3 EV charging sites within 6 km
Nearest of each kind, from OpenStreetMap, measured in a straight line from the postcode.
| Service | Nearest | Distance | Within 2 km |
|---|---|---|---|
| GP surgery | Woodcote Medical | 530 m | 7 |
| Pharmacy | Valley Pharmacy | 180 m | 11 |
| Dentist | mydentist | 870 m | 12 |
| Supermarket | Aldi | 1.0 km | 6 |
| Library | Coulsdon Library | 920 m | 5 |
| Post office | Coulsdon Post Office | 770 m | 9 |
| Park or green space | Corrigan Recreation Ground | 1.1 km | 38 |
| Hospital | Purley War Memorial Hospital | 3.6 km | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near 1 Rickman Hill
627 public charging devices in Croydon (140 rapid, 50 kW or more), or 153 per 100,000 people. That ranks 129 of 318 local authorities in Great Britain (median 137), as at 1 July 2026.
3 mapped sites within 6 km, nearest first
| Parkable | 10 bays | 740 m |
| BP Pulse | 6 bays | 1.1 km |
| Public charge point | 2.5 km |
Authority counts: Department for Transport, public charging device statistics. Site locations are community-mapped in OpenStreetMap, so newer sites can be missing.
Who represents 1 Rickman Hill: MP and councillors
Air quality and noise near 1 Rickman Hill: NO₂ 10 µg/m³, inside the UK legal limit and within the WHO guideline
Modelled annual averages for the 1 km square around this location, from Defra's 2023 background maps. Readings beside busy roads are higher.
| Pollutant | This square | WHO guideline | UK legal limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) | 10 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 11.3 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean. The area sits inside the Croydon air quality management area.
- Height above sea level
- 88 m
- Air quality management area
- Yes
Defra noise maps cover major roads and railways only (above 55 dB), so "no contour" does not mean silent. Height from the Copernicus 90 m elevation model via Open-Meteo.
Crime and policing near 1 Rickman Hill
Crime and policing near 1 Rickman Hill
1,331 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of 1 Rickman Hill
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 705, earlier 6 months: 626.
Police-recorded incidents mapped to the nearest street within roughly a mile, so a road near the town centre shows more shoplifting and anti-social behaviour than a quiet cul-de-sac nearby. Counts show what was reported, not how safe any home is.
Food and drink near 1 Rickman Hill
58 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 41 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Londis (102 m, rated 5); Smugglers Inn (181 m, rated 5); Sally Salon Services (181 m, rated 5); Freckles At Smugglers Inn (181 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around 1 Rickman Hill
- Conservation area
- No
- Green belt
- No
- Listed building on plot
- No
- Air quality management area
- Yes (Croydon AQMA)
- Ward
- Coulsdon Town
- Planning authority
- Croydon LPA
The Croydon market: average price £393,714, down 2.2% in a year
HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for Croydon, 2026-06. A mix-adjusted average, so it can differ from the median sale price of one road.
| Type | Authority average |
|---|---|
| Detached | £844,553 |
| Semi-detached | £540,526 |
| Terraced | £399,833 |
| Flat or maisonette | £256,496 |
Photos of 1 Rickman Hill and the streets around it
Openly licensed photos taken close to this location on Wikimedia Commons. They show the surroundings, not necessarily this exact address.
Council tax at 1 Rickman Hill: Band D is £2,600 a year in Croydon, up 4.8% on last year
Charge for 2026 to 2027, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
The average Band D council tax in Croydon is £2,600 for 2026 to 2027, £208 above the England average of £2,392. That ranks Croydon 36th highest of 296 billing authorities, and the charge rose from £2,480 last year. Next door in Reigate and Banstead, Band D is £2,567, £33 less than in Croydon, so which side of a council boundary a home sits on changes the bill by about £33 a year at Band D.
Your own bill depends on your property's band. In England bands are set from the home's estimated value on 1 April 1991, so a Band C home pays eight ninths of the Band D charge and a Band F home thirteen ninths. The figures below are the charge for each band in Croydon, before any discount or reduction, and they include the county or borough, police, fire and any parish or GLA precepts averaged across the authority.
| Band | Per year | Per month (12 payments) |
|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,733 | £144 |
| Band B | £2,022 | £169 |
| Band C | £2,311 | £193 |
| Band D | £2,600 | £217 |
| Band E | £3,178 | £265 |
| Band F | £3,755 | £313 |
| Band G | £4,333 | £361 |
| Band H | £5,200 | £433 |
You can check or challenge a home's band on the GOV.UK "Find your Council Tax band" service.
1 Rickman Hill, Coulsdon: questions people ask
What is the EPC rating of 1 Rickman Hill?
1 Rickman Hill has an EPC rating of band D, with a recorded internal floor area of 189 square metres. Certificates last ten years, so check the lodgement date before marketing the home.
How much did 1 Rickman Hill last sell for?
1 Rickman Hill last sold for £375,000 on 17 Aug 2012, up 387% on its 6 Sept 1996 price of £77,000.
What is the estimated value of 1 Rickman Hill?
An automated estimate puts 1 Rickman Hill at £786,000, in a range of £629,000 to £943,000. It is a model estimate from Resi IQ, not a valuation, so compare it with recent sales on the street.
What council tax band is 1 Rickman Hill?
The band is held by the Valuation Office Agency, which you can look up on GOV.UK. For reference, Band D council tax in Croydon is £2,600 for 2026 to 2027, against an England average of £2,392.
Answers use data checked monthly. Sources are named in each answer.